> > > With a typical size as a fuzz factor preaccounted in later kernels. > > > > Where's that done? > > I don't know what Alan is referring to there.
fs/exec.c - we add 20 pages to the stack vma size initially. > We've no more committed to providing each instance with 8MB of stack, > than we've committed to providing each instance with RLIMIT_AS of > address space. The rlimits are limits, not commitments, surely? Yes, its just that the C programming language is utterly and mindbogglingly broken when it comes to resource exhaustion for the stack. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
